Toyota Corolla Selling Like A Hotcakes, Honda Civic Sales Dwindle

As always, ToyotaCorolla is selling like hotcakes. 4,672 units were sold in September, and 4,910 in October. 9,582 Toyota Corolla cars were sold in just two months. Honda sales, on the other hand, are not that great. We could only find City and Civic combined sales number. Here are the sales of both City and Civic from July 2015 to October 2015.

July – 2181 units

August – 2002 units

September – 2001 units

October – 1875 units

The downward trend in Honda cannot be a good news for anyone involved with Honda Atlas. Folks at Atlas decided to skip Honda City’s generation as well. But it is not all doom and gloom. Considering new Civic will be launched next year, you can expect Honda Atlas to make a comeback. But until then Atlas will, unfortunately, struggle unless Honda Atlas is successfully able to market and sell its Thailand imported HR-V crossover, that is coming in the Q1 of 2016.

11th Gen Toyota Corolla was offered in Pakistan in July 2014

The sales of the locally made cars in the last four months (July to October 2015) have risen to 55%, compared to sales in the same months of the previous year (July to October 2014). Sales figures of all the locally produced cars for July 2014 to October 2014 were 38,862 units. Whereas this year, the sales have gone all the way up to 60,081 units. That is a great news, not only for the auto sector but also for Pakistan’s economy.

Suzuki has seen some improvements in its sales for some models as well. Sales of Cultus increased few hundred units (2,181 units in Sep-Oct14’ and 2,606 in Sep-Oct15’). Same is the case with Suzuki Swift (606 units in Sep-Oct14’ and 624 in Sep-Oct15’). However, Suzuki Bolan has been doing great. Who would have thought that happening? But thanks to the Punjab Green Taxi scheme, Bolan as well as Ravi are doing great. 4,228 units of Bolan were sold from July to October 2014. The number jumped all the way up to 13,019 in the months from July to October 2015. That is an increase of more than 300pc when compared to last year’s numbers. And same is the situation with Ravi loader. Pak Suzuki was able to sell only 3,910 (Jul-Oct14’) whereas the number went up 320pc this year (12,513 units were sold in Jul-Oct15’).

Sales of Wagon R doubled as well. The sales numbers are as follows.

So overall, the local auto sector is thriving. Even with the threat imported cars, auto sector sales didn’t budge. Of course, it is possible that imported cars could have put at least some dent in the sales of the local cars. Considering Big Three of our auto sector are bringing new cars and models between next couple of years, things will only get interesting. Toyota Indus might start assembling Vitz and Vios locally. Also, Pak Suzuki is gearing up to launch its Celerio, to replace Cultus. Honda Atlas is also going to launch HR-V at the start of the next year. More competition among the local car makers means better options for an average auto consumer.

From 4,228 to 13,019. Its not 32 percent jump. Its something 300+ Percent

From 3,910 to 12,513 make 320% rise.

usman niazi

i hope honda introduces the civic with the 1.5L turbo… that would be so awesome…

Usman Ansari

Honda will have to launch cars like Fitz & Jazz if they want to regain their market share. Targeting towards cars with 2 million+ price tag won’t fetch any better results for them i believe.

kkk

true that. fitz will sell alot here. People in the cities will love a stylish local hatchback because of its affordability and it being more practical than a boring sedan.

Aref Ali

Thank you for the correction. Your comments have always been help full.
Once again I will say this, you should write for pw blog as well.

Aamir Bashir

Honda act like trying to hide themselves from reality, they have to work hard by introducing some head-turners kinda models … 1.5 Earthdream + 1L Earthdream would do alot of headache solve for honda plus Loaded models as we see in Europe and America … They should make equipment, gadgets standard like auto dimming side+rear view mirrors, parking sensors, retractable side mirrors, body kits, sports suspension and sport seats ,,,, leather seats, steering wheels door panels, gear knob etc + provide great customer service then honda can capture the market well

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Lazy Sapper

These Japanese chimpanzees should launch some locally manufactured hatchbacks as well. Totally focusing on Sedans while Japanese roads are crowded with hatchbacks manufactured by these money mongering manufacturers.